The purpose of this dataset is to make it possible to locate civil security events recorded by the Operations Department of the Ministry of Public Security. It brings together in a structured way operational information related to impending claims or that have had an impact on citizens, goods or services to the population since June 2020.
It contains information concerning the date of reporting, the hazard, the municipality and the severity of the event.
The severity level changed in meaning in January 2026.
BEFORE 2026: it is an attribute defined in the Canadian Common Alert Protocol Profile (PC-PAC). It is used to characterize the severity level of an event based on the harm to the lives of people or damage to property. For more information on the PC-PAC, consult the Public Safety Canada website.
* Extreme: extraordinary threat to life or property;
* Important: significant threat to life or property;
* Moderate: possible threat to life or property;
* Minor: low or non-existent threat to life or property;
* Unknown: unknown severity, used for example during tests and exercises.
AFTER 2026:
- Unknown:
Negligible or Oversight, no disturbances. The minimum severity “Unknown” is used to differentiate events under surveillance or forecasting, from events with real impacts (where interventions and consequences materialize).
- Moderate: Disruptions in community functioning requiring significant mobilization of local resources or existing agreements. Degradation or partial interruption of certain services and sectors of activity, specific media issue, several sectors affected.
- Important: A significant and long-lasting disturbance in community functioning. Mobilization of external resources required for certain issues. Interruption or significant deterioration of the majority of services.
- Extreme: Situation in which the community cannot function without significant external resource support, massive evacuation, considerable losses.
This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).